Rioters storm and occupy the US Capitol - Page 70

Trebuchet · Yesterday, 10:47 AM

My wife played his monologue from last night while I was exercising. Tolkien indeed showed up!

No Other · Yesterday, 12:02 PM

Originally Posted by Dr. Keith

So, is it your supposition that military and former military are less likely to have been equally represented among those who were not charged? Is that an assertion to support the military? Have you thought that through?

No, I never said anything close to that. I was correcting an obvious error in the summation that the Poster gave about the article.

Pixel42 · Yesterday, 12:56 PM

Originally Posted by Dave Rogers

What I think I like most about this is the statement in the footnote that "The rightful King of Gondor had abandoned the throne." Not only did they cite Tolkein as a legal precedent, they got the precedent wrong.

Dave

OTOH Aragorn's ancestors, being the descendants of the first King of Gondor's brother, had a legitimate claim to the throne for centuries after the last King died and chose not to pursue it. So it's sort of true.

rdaneel · Yesterday, 02:33 PM

Originally Posted by Wudang

Another emergency lawsuit requesting the US governement be placed in "stewardship" citing as legal precedent <checks notes> Lord Of The Rings.

https://twitter.com/questauthority/s...27169109762048

You know, there's this webcomic I read called PvP, and there's a minor character named Oliver Smoot. A complete parody of a lawyer, and I always thought no real lawyer could be that stupid.

The past three months have been an incredible eye opener.

cosmicaug · Yesterday, 02:37 PM

Originally Posted by No Other

No, I never said anything close to that. I was correcting an obvious error in the summation that the Poster gave about the article.

So as presumably those in who accessed the Capitol building were the most serious about seditioning, we can say that folk with a military history are overrepresented when looking at the more serious population?

The ones outside, we do not know.

Cavemonster · Yesterday, 02:57 PM

Originally Posted by rdaneel

You know, there's this webcomic I read called PvP, and there's a minor character named Oliver Smoot. A complete parody of a lawyer, and I always thought no real lawyer could be that stupid.

The past three months have been an incredible eye opener.

Pvp is still going?

TJM · Yesterday, 05:22 PM

Today's dimwit traitor first made a national ass of himself for defying covid restrictions:

https://finance.yahoo.com/finance/ne...215227602.html

And today he's looking at a serious timeout:

https://www.justice.gov/opa/page/file/1359221/download

Just keeps getting better and better. Go feds!

rdaneel · Yesterday, 05:30 PM

Originally Posted by Cavemonster

Pvp is still going?

Yep, he did a reboot last May, jumped it forward a little over a decade and made Brent's daughter Katie the central character.

http://pvponline.com/comic

marting · Yesterday, 09:26 PM

You can't make this stuff up.

Dr. Simone Gold, one of the "America's Front Line Doctors" of HCQ "fame" was one of the Capitol stormers and was arrested shortly after giving this speech:

https://www.facebook.com/Covid19trut...n=1&glossary=1

Interesting mix of a few facts, a lot of distortions, and some outright drivel. It was, however, delivered with passion to an audience that wants to believe her.

Gold, who founded America’s Frontline Doctors last spring with help from the Tea Party Patriots organization, was arrested on Monday in Beverly Hills, where she lives, and faces charges of entering a restricted building, violent entry and disorderly conduct.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...ntline-doctors

“She and her organization show a wilful ignorance of science and the scientific method, as well as a disrespect for accomplished scientific institutions and brilliant scientists,” said Dr Jeffrey Koplan, an epidemiologist and vice president for Global Health at Emory University who used to head the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Skeptic Ginger · Today, 12:20 AM

Originally Posted by marting

You can't make this stuff up.

Dr. Simone Gold, one of the "America's Front Line Doctors" of HCQ "fame" was one of the Capitol stormers and was arrested shortly after giving this speech:

https://www.facebook.com/Covid19trut...n=1&glossary=1

Interesting mix of a few facts, a lot of distortions, and some outright drivel. It was, however, delivered with passion to an audience that wants to believe her.

Gold, who founded America’s Frontline Doctors last spring with help from the Tea Party Patriots organization, was arrested on Monday in Beverly Hills, where she lives, and faces charges of entering a restricted building, violent entry and disorderly conduct.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...ntline-doctors

“She and her organization show a wilful ignorance of science and the scientific method, as well as a disrespect for accomplished scientific institutions and brilliant scientists,” said Dr Jeffrey Koplan, an epidemiologist and vice president for Global Health at Emory University who used to head the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Simone Gold, MD, JD

Another one of these people who you wonder how they possibly got their degrees.

timhau · Today, 12:48 AM

Originally Posted by Skeptic Ginger

Simone Gold, MD, JD

Another one of these people who you wonder how they possibly got their degrees.

A friend of mine is a full professor at the local university. What he hates most in his job are dumb, hard-working grad students. Smart, hard-working ones go on to do great things, smart lazy ones generally do ok but the wasted potential is a shame. Dumb and lazy ones just disappear eventually without csusing trouble, but the dumb hard-working ones cause a huge amount of work that you know will not lead anywhere.

So maybe they just gave the degrees to get rid of her.

Squeegee Beckenheim · Today, 03:02 AM

There's a meme going around which, loosely paraphrased, reads: "Trump didn't pardon a single Trump supporter who invaded the Capitol. He did pardon Steve Bannon, who stole money from Trump supporters. Do you get it now?"

jimbob · Today, 06:15 AM

Originally Posted by timhau

A friend of mine is a full professor at the local university. What he hates most in his job are dumb, hard-working grad students. Smart, hard-working ones go on to do great things, smart lazy ones generally do ok but the wasted potential is a shame. Dumb and lazy ones just disappear eventually without csusing trouble, but the dumb hard-working ones cause a huge amount of work that you know will not lead anywhere.

So maybe they just gave the degrees to get rid of her.

https://twitter.com/garius/status/11...421760512?s=20

good twitter thread about this

https://twitter.com/garius/status/11...474366978?s=20

Quote:

John Bull
@garius
Replying to
@garius
Anyway, there's not really a point to this thread. I just find it weirdly appropriate (given the time we live in) that the best description of Theresa May's leadership style is by Hammerstein, the FIRST General to spot the insidious rise of fascism, and what it would cost Germany

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Yesterday, 10:47 AM	#2761
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Yesterday, 12:02 PM	#2762
No Other Muse Join Date: Feb 2016 Posts: 643	Originally Posted by Dr. Keith So, is it your supposition that military and former military are less likely to have been equally represented among those who were not charged? Is that an assertion to support the military? Have you thought that through? No, I never said anything close to that. I was correcting an obvious error in the summation that the Poster gave about the article.
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Yesterday, 12:56 PM	#2763
Pixel42 Schrödinger's cat Join Date: May 2004 Location: Malmesbury, UK Posts: 12,844	Originally Posted by Dave Rogers What I think I like most about this is the statement in the footnote that "The rightful King of Gondor had abandoned the throne." Not only did they cite Tolkein as a legal precedent, they got the precedent wrong. Dave OTOH Aragorn's ancestors, being the descendants of the first King of Gondor's brother, had a legitimate claim to the throne for centuries after the last King died and chose not to pursue it. So it's sort of true.
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Yesterday, 02:33 PM	#2764
rdaneel Illuminator Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: I'M IN THE PHONEBOOK! I'M SOMEBODY!!! Posts: 4,213	Originally Posted by Wudang Another emergency lawsuit requesting the US governement be placed in "stewardship" citing as legal precedent <checks notes> Lord Of The Rings. https://twitter.com/questauthority/s...27169109762048 You know, there's this webcomic I read called PvP, and there's a minor character named Oliver Smoot. A complete parody of a lawyer, and I always thought no real lawyer could be that stupid. The past three months have been an incredible eye opener.
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Yesterday, 02:37 PM	#2765
cosmicaug Graduate Poster Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 1,461	Originally Posted by No Other No, I never said anything close to that. I was correcting an obvious error in the summation that the Poster gave about the article. So as presumably those in who accessed the Capitol building were the most serious about seditioning, we can say that folk with a military history are overrepresented when looking at the more serious population? The ones outside, we do not know.
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Yesterday, 02:57 PM	#2766
Cavemonster Philosopher Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 6,252	Originally Posted by rdaneel You know, there's this webcomic I read called PvP, and there's a minor character named Oliver Smoot. A complete parody of a lawyer, and I always thought no real lawyer could be that stupid. The past three months have been an incredible eye opener. Pvp is still going?
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Yesterday, 05:22 PM	#2767
TJM Potsing Whiled Runk Tagger Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 21,596	Today's dimwit traitor first made a national ass of himself for defying covid restrictions: https://finance.yahoo.com/finance/ne...215227602.html And today he's looking at a serious timeout: https://www.justice.gov/opa/page/file/1359221/download Just keeps getting better and better. Go feds!
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Yesterday, 05:30 PM	#2768
rdaneel Illuminator Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: I'M IN THE PHONEBOOK! I'M SOMEBODY!!! Posts: 4,213	Originally Posted by Cavemonster Pvp is still going? Yep, he did a reboot last May, jumped it forward a little over a decade and made Brent's daughter Katie the central character. http://pvponline.com/comic
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Yesterday, 09:26 PM	#2769
marting Master Poster Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 2,047	You can't make this stuff up. Dr. Simone Gold, one of the "America's Front Line Doctors" of HCQ "fame" was one of the Capitol stormers and was arrested shortly after giving this speech: https://www.facebook.com/Covid19trut...n=1&glossary=1 Interesting mix of a few facts, a lot of distortions, and some outright drivel. It was, however, delivered with passion to an audience that wants to believe her. Gold, who founded America’s Frontline Doctors last spring with help from the Tea Party Patriots organization, was arrested on Monday in Beverly Hills, where she lives, and faces charges of entering a restricted building, violent entry and disorderly conduct. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...ntline-doctors “She and her organization show a wilful ignorance of science and the scientific method, as well as a disrespect for accomplished scientific institutions and brilliant scientists,” said Dr Jeffrey Koplan, an epidemiologist and vice president for Global Health at Emory University who used to head the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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Today, 12:20 AM	#2770
Skeptic Ginger Nasty Woman Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 85,842	Originally Posted by marting You can't make this stuff up. Dr. Simone Gold, one of the "America's Front Line Doctors" of HCQ "fame" was one of the Capitol stormers and was arrested shortly after giving this speech: https://www.facebook.com/Covid19trut...n=1&glossary=1 Interesting mix of a few facts, a lot of distortions, and some outright drivel. It was, however, delivered with passion to an audience that wants to believe her. Gold, who founded America’s Frontline Doctors last spring with help from the Tea Party Patriots organization, was arrested on Monday in Beverly Hills, where she lives, and faces charges of entering a restricted building, violent entry and disorderly conduct. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...ntline-doctors “She and her organization show a wilful ignorance of science and the scientific method, as well as a disrespect for accomplished scientific institutions and brilliant scientists,” said Dr Jeffrey Koplan, an epidemiologist and vice president for Global Health at Emory University who used to head the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Simone Gold, MD, JD Another one of these people who you wonder how they possibly got their degrees.

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timhau NWO Litter Technician Join Date: May 2004 Location: Looks like Finland. Smells like Finland. Quacks like Finland. Where the hell am I? Posts: 14,368	Originally Posted by Skeptic Ginger Simone Gold, MD, JD Another one of these people who you wonder how they possibly got their degrees. A friend of mine is a full professor at the local university. What he hates most in his job are dumb, hard-working grad students. Smart, hard-working ones go on to do great things, smart lazy ones generally do ok but the wasted potential is a shame. Dumb and lazy ones just disappear eventually without csusing trouble, but the dumb hard-working ones cause a huge amount of work that you know will not lead anywhere. So maybe they just gave the degrees to get rid of her.
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Squeegee Beckenheim Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 30,990	There's a meme going around which, loosely paraphrased, reads: "Trump didn't pardon a single Trump supporter who invaded the Capitol. He did pardon Steve Bannon, who stole money from Trump supporters. Do you get it now?"
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Today, 06:15 AM	#2773
jimbob Uncritical "thinker" Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: UK Posts: 22,689	Originally Posted by timhau A friend of mine is a full professor at the local university. What he hates most in his job are dumb, hard-working grad students. Smart, hard-working ones go on to do great things, smart lazy ones generally do ok but the wasted potential is a shame. Dumb and lazy ones just disappear eventually without csusing trouble, but the dumb hard-working ones cause a huge amount of work that you know will not lead anywhere. So maybe they just gave the degrees to get rid of her. https://twitter.com/garius/status/11...421760512?s=20 good twitter thread about this https://twitter.com/garius/status/11...474366978?s=20 Quote: John Bull @garius Replying to @garius Anyway, there's not really a point to this thread. I just find it weirdly appropriate (given the time we live in) that the best description of Theresa May's leadership style is by Hammerstein, the FIRST General to spot the insidious rise of fascism, and what it would cost Germany 5:22 PM · Apr 2, 2019·Twitter Web Client
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